Happy Birthday to our newest staff member, Lauren!  

Lauren is one of our newsposters and all-around big help to the site, and we all want to wish her an amazing birthday!

Happy Birthday, Lauren!

Love from everyone at ~~~

^0^TheDailySnitcher^0^

Thank you very much to Oclumencia for hi-res photos from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  The images show movie stills, behind-the-scenes filming, and character shots and feature director David Yates, Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Natalia Tena, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes and more!

You can see them in our Galleries using these links:

Behind The Scenes

Character Shots

Movie Stills

Raadhika

Scholastic has updated their website with a new Wizard Challenge in honor of Mother’s Day, which is Sunday in the U.S.  The new Challenge is called, Magnificent Mums, and you can have a go at it right here!

Let us know how you do!  Good luck & have fun!

Happy Mother's Day!

Thanks so much to BlogHogwarts for emailing!

Raadhika

A Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix TV spot has won "Best Animation/Family TV Spot" at the 2008 Golden Trailer Awards! 

You can watch the TV spot, "Great Wizards", right here!

More videos from Order of the Phoenix can be viewed here in our Movies section.

Thanks, Mugglenet!

-Laurie

Just last month we had news that Harry Pottter actors Devon Murray, Stanislav Ianevski, and James & Oliver Phelps would be attending the anime, animation, cosplay, magna, and fantasy covention, Florida Supercon, on May 23rd-25th.  

Well, it has just been announced that Natalia Tena will be there too! 

The schedule includes an hour long Q & A section, photo opps with favorite actors, and activities such as a Wizard Rock Ball and an airing of The Wizard Rock Documentary: Rocking and Rowling. 

For information, just go right here!

Raadhika

If you're a fan of Harry Potter aged 8-14 and in the Santa Monica, California area, then you might want to stop by the magical shop, Whimsic Alley, on May 18th from 11-5pm for your chance to be interviewed on why you love Harry Potter.

The interviews are for an as of yet unannounced project, but J.K. Rowling will be involved in the final selection process!

WHAT ROLE IS J.K. ROWLING PLAYING IN THIS?

 

To the best of our knowledge, Ms. Rowling's role in the approval process will be to approve or disapprove the final cut. Should she disapprove, then presumably there would be a revised final cut and so on until the final version is set in stone. It is highly unlikely that Ms. Rowling will view every interview or that she personally will make the selections.

You can get more information here!  Let us know if you enter and good luck!

Thanks to Mugglenet for the tip! 

->Stefan<- 

We have a few site updates for you today in our Beyond Harry Potter section!

First up is Robert Pattinson, who has been in the news lately due to the December 12th release of his new film, Twilight.  You can get tons of info on that film here, including video clips, images and interviews!

And our third Awards and Events Album has also been brought up to speed, namely with photos of Natalia Tena from Collectormania 13 and Clemence Poesy in Blast magazine, courtesy of Snitch Seeker.

Raadhika 

J.K. Rowling is among one of thirteen authors who have contributed an original written piece to produce a "storycard'' written on a blank A5 sheet which will be part of a charity auction that will benefit the English PEN and Dyslexia Action.  The private auction, termed "What's Your Story?'', will be held in London, England on June 10th at a Waterstone's location. 

The ``Harry Potter'' writer, plus Richard Ford, Tom Stoppard, Sebastian Faulks, Doris Lessing and Nick Hornby, have all contributed to the sale at a branch of Waterstone's, the bookseller said today.

``It's impossible to say how much this auction will raise,'' said Gerry Johnson, managing director of Waterstone's, in the statement. ``With the caliber of authors involved, then really the sky is the limit. Owning an original piece of work by a favorite writer is the ultimate limited edition for fans.''

Unlike the Royal College event, the Waterstone's auction will be restricted to an invited audience and bidders will know who created each of the cards.

Source: Bloomberg

->Stefan<-